Dr. E.B. (Eithne) Carlin
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| Telephone number: | +31 (0)71 527 2624 |
| E-Mail: | e.b.carlin@hum.leidenuniv.nl |
| Faculty / Department: | Faculteit der Geesteswetenschappen, Leiden Univ Centre for Linguistics, Kuiper Instituut TCIA |
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Witte Singel-complex van Wijkplaats 2 2311 BX Leiden Room number 202C |
| Telephone number: | +31 (0)71 527 2624 |
| E-Mail: | e.b.carlin@let.leidenuniv.nl |
| Faculty / Department: | Faculteit der Geesteswetenschappen, OW-Instituut F.B.J. Kuiper, Kuiper Instituut VTW |
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Witte Singel-complex P.N. van Eyckhof 3 2311 BV Leiden |
- Research
- Cariban and Arawakan languages and cultures in the greater Guiana region(see website: Giving them back their languages) native American philosophies; morphology, semantics; cognitive linguistics; anthropological linguistics, the interface and correlation between language and culture; descriptive linguistics, endangered languages and cultures; shamanism
- Key publications
- ‘Feeling the need: The borrowing of Cariban functional categories into Mawayana (Arawak)’. (2006). In: Alexandra Y. Aikhenvald and R.M.W. Dixon (eds.) Grammars in Contact: A cross-linguistic perspective’, Explorations in Linguistic Typology, Vol. 4. Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. 313-32.
- [with co-editor Grazyna J. Rowicka), (2006). What’s in a verb? Studies in the verbal morphology of the languages of the Americas. Utrecht: LOT, Occasional Series, pp.252.
- A Grammar of Trio, a Cariban Language of Suriname. (2004). Duisburg Papers on Research in Language and Culture, 55, Frankfurt etc.: Peter Lang, pp. 549.
- ‘The experiencer role in the expression of mental states and activities in Trio’. (2003) Amerindia (Paris), 28:161-182.
- [with co-editor Jacques Arends], Atlas of the Languages of Suriname. (2002). Leiden and Kingston: KITLV Press and Ian Randle Publishers, pp. 345.
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‘Of Riches and Rhetoric: Language in Suriname. (2001). In: Rosemarijn Hoefte and Peter Meel (eds.), 20th Century Suriname: Continuities and Discontinuities in a New World Society. Kingston and Leiden: Ian Randle Publishers and KITLV Press, pp.220-243
- Teaching activities
- The structure of Trio; Languages of the Guianas; Oral traditions of the Amerindians of the Guianas.
- CV
- Born in Northern Ireland, studied Irish and German at Trinity College Dublin, and German language and literature at several German universities.
Degrees held: Ph.D. in Linguistics in 1993 from the University of Cologne, Germany, with a thesis on a moribund language of Uganda, “The So Language”, under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Hans-Jürgen Sasse. B.A. (Hons) and M.A. from Trinity College Dublin in German and Irish.
Besides general linguistics, I have work experience in African linguistics, clinical neurolinguistics, and Amerindian linguistics. I have been working on the Amerindian languages of the Guianas (Cariban and Arawakan) since 1996.
2009
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Carlin, E.B. & Goethem, D, van (2009)
In de schaduw van de tijger: De Indianen van Suriname. Amsterdam: KIT Publishers.
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Carlin, E.B. & Goethem, D, van (2009)
In the Shadow of the Tiger. The Amerindians of Suriname. Amsterdam: KIT Publishers.
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Pijl, Y., van der & Carlin, E.B. (2009)
Switi Sranan: Suriname tussen mythe en werkelijkheid. OSO: Tijdschrift voor Surinamistiek, 28 (1), pp. 6-11.
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Pijl, Y., van der & Carlin, E.B. (2009)
T.R. - OSO: Tijdschrift voor Surinamistiek. OSO: Tijdschrift voor Surinamistiek, 28
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Carlin, E.B. (2009)
Truth and knowledge markers in Wayana (Cariban), Suriname. In Wetzels, W. L. (Ed.) The Linguistics of Endangered Languages: Contributions to Morphology and MorphosyntaxUtrecht: LOT.
(Article in monograph or in proceedings)
2006
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Carlin, E.B. (2006)
Feeling the need: The borrowing of Cariban functional categories into Mawayana (Arawak). In: Aikhenvald, A.Y. & Dixon, R.M.W. (Eds.), Grammars in contact: A cross-linguistic perspective (Explorations in Linguistic Typology), 4. , pp. 313-332. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
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Carlin, E.B. (2006)
Guyana: Language situation. In: Brown, K. (Ed.), Encyclopaedia of Language and Linguistics (2nd edition), pp. 185-186. Oxford: Elsevier.
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Carlin, E.B. (2006)
Suriname: Language situation. In: Brown, K. (Ed.), Encyclopaedia of Language and Linguistics (2nd edition), 12. , pp. 299-302. Oxford: Elsevier.
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Carlin, E.B. (2006)
The verbalizers in Trio (Cariban): a semantic description. In Rowicka, G.J. & Carlin, E.B. (Eds.) What's in a verb, studies in the verbal morphology of the languages of the Americas (pp. 143-157). Utrecht: LOT.
(Article in monograph or in proceedings) -
Carlin, E.B. & Rowicka, G.J. (Eds.) (2006)
What's in a verb, studies in the verbal morphology of the languages of the Americas. Utrecht: LOT.
(Book editorial)
2004
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Carlin, E.B. (2004)
A Grammar of Trio, a Cariban Language of Suriname. (Duisburg Papers on Reserach in Language and Culture, 55). Frankfurt am Main: Peter LAng.
(Book (monograph))
2003
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Carlin, E.B. (2003)
The experiencer role in the expression of mental states and activities in Trio (cariban). Amérindia, 23, pp. 161-182.
(Article / Letter to editor)
2002
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Carlin, E.B. & Arends, J. (Eds.) (2002)
Atlas of the Languages of Suriname. Leiden: KITLV Press.
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Carlin, E.B. (2002)
Patterns of language, patterns of thought: the Cariban languages. In: Carlin, E.B. & Arends, J. (Eds.), Atlas of the Languages of Suriname (Caribbean Series), 22. , pp. 47-81. Leiden: KITLV Press.
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Carlin, E.B. & Boven, K.M., van (2002)
The native population: migrations and identities. In: Carlin, E.B. & Arends, J. (Eds.), Atlas of the Languages of Suriname (Caribbean Series), 22. , pp. 1-38. Leiden: KITLV Press.
(Part of book or chapter of book)
2001
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Carlin, E.B. (2001)
Of riches and rhetoric: language in Suriname. In: Hoefte, R. & Meel, P. (Eds.), Twentieth century Suriname: continuities and discontinuties in a New World society, pp. 220-243. Kingston, Jamaica: Ian Randle.
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Carlin, E.B. & Hoefte, R.M.A.L. & Mendeszoon, T. & Rolfes, I. (2001)
T.R. - Caribbean Abstracts. Caribbean Abstracts, 11
(Contribution for newspaper or weekly magazine)
1999
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Carlin, E.B. (1999)
WYSIWYG in Trio: the grammaticalized expression of truth and knowledge. Journal of the Anthropological Society of Oxford, 30 (3), pp. 233-245.
(Article / Letter to editor)
1998
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Carlin, E.B. (1998)
Speech Community Formation: A Sociolinguistic Profile of the Trio of Suriname. NWIG : New West Indian Guide (Nieuwe West-Indische Gids), 72 (1&2), pp. 4-42.
(Article / Letter to editor)
1997
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Carlin, E.B. (1997)
Nominal possession in Trio. In: Coerts, J. & Hoop, H., de (Eds.), Linguistics in the Netherlands 1997 (AVT Publications), 14. , pp. 25-36. Amsterdam/Philadelphia: John Benjamins.
(Part of book or chapter of book)
1995
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Mous, Maarten & Carlin, E.B. (1995)
The 'back' in Iraqw: Extensions of meaning in space. Dutch Studies in Near Eastern Languages and Literatures (Rugtitel: DS-NELL), 2, pp. 121-133.
(Article / Letter to editor)
